An Atlanta city council committee has accepted a report from the City of Atlanta Elected Official Compensation Commission which recommends that council members’ salaries be increased by 76% raising their current incomes from $72,360 to $127,500. The council president’s salary would go from $74,400 to $132,500, an increase of 78%. The same report recommends school board members receive a pay increase of 133% which would increase current salaries from $30,000 to $70,000. Atlanta Mayor Andre Dicken’s would also get a 36% increase taking his salary from $202,730 to $271,000. Council members last saw a salary increase in January of 2021. “We wanted to make sure if people wanted to serve in an elected capacity, that they would be able to do so at a salary that would allow them to be able. If you’re a single father and taking care of children or a single mother taking care of children, that you would be able to afford to buy a place in the City of Atlanta. And that was important for us to express as a value,” said Quinton Washington, chair of the Elected Officials Compensation Commission. The Committee on Council accepted the report with a 5-0 vote. While the Compensation Commission’s report was accepted by a 5 – 0 vote, the salary increases would only go into effect if legislation outlining the changes was proposed and approved by the full city council. Washington said they looked at Atlanta’s housing market, a desire for leadership stability, peer cities and workload for each position as factors in recommending these salary adjustments. The post Atlanta City Council and Schoolboard Members May Soon See Big Payday appeared first on Atlanta Daily World.